Several Cuban migrants said that they had traveled with Viva Aerobus on flights chartered by small travel agencies.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel praised the "massive" participation at the business fair, noting that it was proof other countries had confidence in Cuba.

Seven people reportedly left after the end of the competition. Over 60 Cuban athletes have done so this year amid the country's deep crisis

The president said Mexico doesn't require any foreign government's permission before helping Cuba, before calling the embargo "inhumane and unjust."

Crop production has plummeted in fertile Cuba as aid for farmers from a government grappling with tough sanctions and the worst economic crisis in decades has dried up.

The recent wave of migrants fleeing bad economic conditions and violence reportedly includes a significant number of Cubans.

Cuban citizens are expected to deal with blackouts of up to eight to 10 hours on daily basis, outside the capital city of Havana.

The attack took place just hours after Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel returned to Havana after attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

"Cuba has been an advocate of fairer global governance. And to this day it is the victim of an illegal economic embargo," President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said.

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres, who arrived on the island Thursday, will join some 30 heads of state and government from Africa, Asia and Latin America at the two-day summit in Havana.

Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio met this week with the top officials for Latin America at the State Department and White House, Brian Nichols and Juan Gonzales respectively, diplomats from the two countries said.

Last week, Havana said it had arrested 17 people over alleged links to a "trafficking network that operates from Russia to incorporate Cuban citizens living there, and even some from Cuba, into the military forces involved in military operations in Ukraine."

The human trafficking network reportedly operates from Russia to incorporate Cuban citizens living there, and even some from Cuba.

Cuban state media said about 8,000 people had left their homes to seek shelter with family or friends in Pinar del Rio, the same province walloped last September by Hurricane Ian

Late Sunday evening, the U.S.' National Hurricane Center issued a hurricane advisory for Cuba's Pinar Del Rio, a city positioned two hours to the west of the capital, Havana.

The US State Department denied involvement in the 2021 protests and demanded the immediate release of about 700 Cuban political prisoners.

Reading is the encounter with the thoughts of others, with their letters and their feelings. Reading is a journey through time.

Bejucal is the center of suspicion as the U.S. government believes that China operates an intelligence gathering operation in the area.

The crippling fuel shortage in Cuba disproportionately impacts rural villages and exacerbates the fragile economy.

For Cubans over the age of 16, the passport's validity will now be increased from six to ten years, according to the foreign ministry.

There were more cars parked in gas lines than there were cars on the road over much of the island in recent weeks.

The legislators who voted to extend Diaz-Canal's mandate only recently faced elections themselves last month for Cuba's 470-member National Assembly.

Caribbean country authorities warned that the U.S. might encourage similar illegal activities with detrimental effects on both countries' national security.

A high-intensity fire that was close to the towns of San Luis and Mella was extinguished on Tuesday, according to the provincial government.

In Cuba, a nation that recently legalized cellular data, the internet slows to crawl as more island residents connect.

A new report on Wednesday leaked the decrease of Cuba's international currency reserves, putting into question the country's ability to be able to pay back its creditors.

Western Union announced Wednesday that they will be re-establishing their money-transferring services between the U.S. and Cuba in a limited capacity.

A former U.S. intelligence official who had been convicted of committing espionage on behalf of the Cuban government was released on Friday after 20 years in prison.

The visa and consular services of the U.S. embassy in Cuba has reopened on Wednesday, as a way to mitigate the current wave of migration happening between the two countries.

Cruise lines from around the world, including the Norwegian Cruise Line, have been fined hundreds of millions of dollars on Friday for using a Cuban port that has been deemed "trafficked" and seized by the Cuban government under Fidel Castro.